Classic Poem written by the writer and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. (1803 – 1882)

The mountain and the squirrel

Had a quarrel,

And the former called the latter

“Little prig.”

 

 

Bun replied,

“You are doubtless very big;

But all sorts of things and weather

Must be taken in together

To make up a year

And a sphere.

And I think it such a disgrace

To occupy my place.

If I am not so large as you,

You are not so small as I,

And not as half as spry:

I´ll not deny you make

A very pretty squirrel track.

Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;

If I cannot carry forests on my back,

Neither can a nut, you track”.

THE END

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